JURGENS, Vernon
| Service Number: | QX11742 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1941, Bowen, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bowen, Queensland, Australia, 28 January 1914 |
| Home Town: | Bowen, Whitsunday, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Merinda State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer/Farmer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Thailand, 27 November 1943, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 B 27 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bowen War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX11742 | |
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| 15 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Private, QX11742, Bowen, Queensland | |
| 29 Apr 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 29 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX11742, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Nov 1943: | Discharged | |
| 27 Nov 1943: | Involvement Private, QX11742, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Greg Hampton
Bowen Independent (Qld. 1911 - 1954), Friday 2 November 1945, page 2
LOCAL AND GENERAL
ROLL OF HONOUR PTE. V. JURGENS. A.I.F.
Official word has at last been received of the fate of Private Vernon Jurgens, A.I.F. who was with the 8th Division when Singapore fell. The notification states that he died of illness in a prison of war camp in Siam on the 27th November 1943. From a fellow prisoner of war we learn that he had a peaceful end and was given a Christian burial. Vernon was the son of Mrs. Jurgens senior, of Euri Creek, and was, like most of his comrades, a young lad on the threshold of adult life and the supreme sacrifice made by such youth will always be gratefully remembered. We tender our sympathy to his mother, brothers and sisters.
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